VOL.
WESTERVILLE,
VII.
MEN PLAY HARD DURING SEASON
OTTERBElr
OHIO
1915 FOOTBALL
Team Wins Two College Games on Difficult Schedule But Fights All the Time. LUCK
WITH
NOVEMBER
No. 11.
22, 1915.
SQUAD.
CURTAIN FALLS WITH DEFEAT Otterbein Gridders Lose Last Game Against Ohio Northern in Last Two Minutes of Play.
OPPONENTS
FIELD
Otterbein's Inexperienced Combination Outplays Strong Teams But Los on Flukes by Small Scores.
IS MUDDY AND WET
Ada's Goal Threatened Many Times But Fate Works Against Tan and Cardinal Team.
The 1915 Varsity has finished a On a field that wa a sea of mud succe f.ul football sea on for their and water the light Otterbein team Alnl,l Mater and all Otterbein feels went down to defeat against the justly proud of its gridiron warriors. heavy weight of Ohio Northern at The team ha ever fought tooth and Reading from left to right. Bottom Row: Schnake, Counsellor, Wal- Ada last Saturday by a core of 9 t-.> nail with the Otterbe,in spirit, that oi ters, Booth, Lingrel captain, Sholty, Higelmire, Roy Peden, Glunt man- 7. Otterbein held the lead up until true sportsmanship. They never gave ager. Second Row: Barnhart, Bingham, Bradfield, Ream, Gilbert, Huber,' the last two minutes of play when up, fighting with e:very nerve anci Neally, Miller, Mase, M.oore. Third Row: Phillips, Arthur Peden, Cassel, lorthern reached the 15 yard line ,,n muscle in defeat as well as in victory. Hayes, Feller , Bunger, Altman assistant coach. Top Row: Hall, Brown, a eries of pa ses. From here Fields The team never quit gritting its Martin coach, Ev.ans. placed the ball above the cross bar teeth to the foe, and sucJ1 pep, enby a drop kick. orthern' oth'!r durance and never die spirit is wh.1t BAND APPEARS IN CONCERT MEN CHOSEN FOR MINSTREL score came in the third quarter when pulled Otterbein through an excellent Gilbert fumbled before making a forfootball season. Weather Keeps Many From Excellent Definite Plans Are Made for Big ward pass. Smith recovered the ball 'Tis true the team won a minority Program of Popular NumbersEvent-Classes Will Contest in and ran 60 yards for a touchdown. of th games; but tbe victorious team Ticket Sale. Players Show Training. In Northem's Territory. is not always the best. Luck figures During practically the entire game The Otterbein Band gave a splenPlans are all in readiness for stagin the score and it was this one thing took place in Oh:o that lost the game . ln_ six gauv.!-!i :lid concert Tlfor day evening in-Hie ·ng the big Min tre how on Decem- the playing half of the field. Upim of the strong schedule Otterbein out- college chapel. In spite of the in- ber 15. The committee in charge has N orthen's was the Otterplayed her opponent in every dethe program arranged and most of only two occasion partment, and it was only tough luc1< clement wea th er th e house was about the parts selected. The end men in bein goal in any danger whatsoever. they lost the contest. Every college half filled. The wea th er would be a the minstrel will be ·'Cocky" Wood, The team from Ada failed to make a after a hard eason cames out with a small excuse, never th eless every loy- ..Bill" Coun ellor, ..Red" Clifton and ingle fir t cl.own on traight foothard luck story; but read on. al Otterbeinite should upport th ~ '·\ ally Miller. ''Tony" Neally will ball. Their weight was ea ily stopThe season began with a team band. What would the rallie be preside as interlocutor. ped by the fighting Otterbein line made up of inexperienced men. The without the band, or how long woul:l The econd part of the program which was mighty light in comparionly veterans to return were Captai the "pep" at footba)l games last i; con ists of a variety of number . on with that of the North rn team. Lingrel,, ounsellor, Booth and Wal- not supported by the band. When Among these " be" Glunt will stage Peden Scores for Otterbein. ter . All the other men were green one come right dO\ 11 to think about a magic act. Durant will lead a band In the econd quarter after a serit!s at the game and about this com- it, is it po ible to think what th<! that will play ome of the cla sic:il one of tuff. "Tige" Ream will appear in a of end run and lioe plunge Peden bination of our men the team was value of thi band i ? It' built. Being inexperienced it was the blo- tudent organizations. The cartoon tunt and Profe or Fritz circled the end for a touchdown. Lin rel kickeo th goal. During this necessary to learn the very implest fellow have given of th ·r talent to will give a humorou monologue. period den wa called on to carry tht: In order to seJl the ticket with a rudiments of the game and so in the help boo t all the "doings" early st<1ge of the ea on, the gridden student this year. lot of enthu ia m the fre hman and the ball on different occa i n and each time he made ub tantial gain~. were thu handicapped. t that they The proo-ram rendered was: ophomore cla se will have a chance Several time during the game tteroutplayed Kenyon. Experience i '·Tenth Regilnent March"-Hall. to ·'put it over" on the other. These bein m n were free but wou_ld lose the best teacher and a the sea ori ' Old Grey Mare"-Panella. two classe will have a ticket selling I their feet in th water and mire. Tt progressed the team developed into " rtist's Dream"-Pinard. conte t and thereby free ome of was hard Luck playing all the time a formidable combination. The work " ol. Roosevelt"-Farrar. their antagonism upon their hated for the Otterb in team while all the of- the Otterbein machine against "National Emblem"-Bagley. rivals. It is expected that they wit! "horse hoe " fell to the Ada team. Wesleyan and orthern suffices for "Overture Vane a"-St. Clair. ,each sell every seat in the chapel. Ream Hits Line Hard. examples. "Suffragette"-TayJor. Ticket will be twenty-five cent with The season opened on Septen:iber The Whip"-Ho1zmann. an extra charge of ten cents for reGreat improvement ha been noted 25 when '-'Tink" Sanders, brought his "Cecile"-McKee. erved eat,ll. , during the ea on in tl-te trong offenWatch for later announcements in ive work of Ream. In the game South High team to Westerville for "Air Queene' 1-Caccavelli, a contest. one against orthern J1e bowed up esSouth bad one of the be ·t 'Trombone Sneeze"-vVithrow. ' regard to the Minstrel Show-the teams in the state in interscholastic 'Daughters of American Revo!u- big event of December. pecially well as a ]jne plunging back. circles and played well; but Otterbein tion"-Tampe. _________ Time after time he made a good gain proved too much and won the game· Every number on the program was Science Club Will Meet. , by this style of play. Captain Lingrel The scarcity of corTonight at eight o'clock the Sci- was also a good ground gainer. He 12 to o. The game showed a lack of well rendered. experience on Otterbein's part. The net i made up for by the strong ence Club will hold its regulaT month-' was especially effective on short end low score was due largely to the clarinet section. The musicians play- ly meeting. The program will be as i runs and had the. field been dry he hot day, as the men became fatigue<! ed well together which gives a mar1- follows: would have b.een off for score evearly in the game. above the amateur. Credit must also Wire'less Telephony-R. D. Ben- era! times. When running in the Kenyon came to vVe terville on be given to Professor Spessard for nett. trong "straight arm'' open field hi October 2 for the first real conte t of his untiring efforts in boosting the Medical Appliances in the Euro- wards off many opposing tackler·. the year. It was Kenyon' first ap- proposition and making it a success, pean Armies-T. H. Ross. Schnake played his strong defensive pearance here for years. Otterbein for the concert was one well worthy Hi tory of Atomic and Molecular game completely battering the any college band. Weio-bts-C. L. Richey. (Continued on page five.) (Continued on page five.)
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